Help! Axolotl stopped eating after getting new tank

[alecmittelstadt]

Hello!

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I recently moved my axolotl from a 25 gallon tank into a 40 gallon tank because he was getting so big and he looked like he needed more room to walk around. I was feeding him an earthworm every 3 days with a few "stinky cookies" (sinking pellets) and he was always happy to eat it all.

It has been nearly 2 weeks since we moved tanks and he doesn't seem to have any interest in eating. Sometimes he will bite the food, then spit it out but usually he just ignores the food we dangle in front of him.

Water has been testing normally and nothing else has changed aside from the tank size with a few new decorations inside.

I also catch him swimming erratically and bonking into the glass much more than I've seen before. I am very worried, so any advice you could give is very welcome!

Thank you for reading

 

[wolfen]

is the filter the same or has it been upgraded?
has the water oxygenation been increase along with the tank size?
is he showing any signs of stress or change?
how long after moving tanks did he stop eating.

 

[Meri Elen Feijó]

o filtro é o mesmo ou foi atualizado?
a oxigenação da água aumentou junto com o tamanho do tanque?
ele está mostrando algum sinal de estresse ou mudança?
quanto tempo depois de mover os tanques ele parou de comer.

Oi, tudo bem? meu axolote também parou de comer, faz 4 dias já. Os parâmetros da água estão normais, estou muito preocupada, a temperatura está em 20° c, aqui na minha cidade está muito frio, 5°c a noite, se puder me dar alguma orientação, ele comia camarão descongelado, não come ração, está com 14 cm já.

 

[wolfen]

Oi, tudo bem? meu axolote também parou de comer, faz 4 dias já. Os parâmetros da água estão normais, estou muito preocupada, a temperatura está em 20° c, aqui na minha cidade está muito frio, 5°c a noite, se puder me dar alguma orientação, ele comia camarão descongelado, não come ração, está com 14 cm já.

at 14cm he/she is still growing but also very movement orientated so try using live food, ie.. river/ghost/mysis/cherry shrimp, platy/guppy/molly fish, blood/black/earth/night crawler worms. also axies will eat a variety or frozen foods ie.. bloodworm/mysis shrimp/krill/brineshrimp/chopped cockle/chopped mussel/beef heart as well as frozen prawn and chopped king prawns, sometimes axolotls just get bored or go off the food so it is always good to give a variety.
20°c is a bit high 14°c - 18°c are the ideal temperatures colder being better just keep it in double digits ie.. 10°c >

 

[Meri Elen Feijó]

at 14cm he/she is still growing but also very movement orientated so try using live food, ie.. river/ghost/mysis/cherry shrimp, platy/guppy/molly fish, blood/black/earth/night crawler worms. also axies will eat a variety or frozen foods ie.. bloodworm/mysis shrimp/krill/brineshrimp/chopped cockle/chopped mussel/beef heart as well as frozen prawn and chopped king prawns, sometimes axolotls just get bored or go off the food so it is always good to give a variety.
20°c is a bit high 14°c - 18°c are the ideal temperatures colder being better just keep it in double digits ie.. 10°c >

Muito obrigado, ele já comia camarão congelado, pois não aceitou a ração, vou tentar dar minhocas para ele.